Re: Debian stable - updates

[Christian <abelschreck3@freenet.de>]

Hi and a very good day to all of you, 😁

thank you very much for the new input of yours. You're too kind.

@T.J. Duchene:

Thanks a lot for the warm welcome. That' s really nice. I enjoy it very 
much here.

Your instruction to update policies used by Debian stable is very good; 
I understand it much better now. Thanks a lot.
Stable and well-maintained are exactly what I'm looking for in an OS. So 
Debian stable seems to be perfectly suited for my purposes.
Plus: it's really lightweight (especially with xfce). Ideal for my 
Lenovo H520e. 😉

Thanks again for your kind help.


@Francesco Florian:

> This is, if you really want to track 'stable', i.e., automatically 
switch to the new stable release when it becomes such.

I see.
Yet personally I'd like to stay at Buster as long as I can.
Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

@Greg Wooledge:

Thanks so much for the warning and the additional info. It's much 
appreciated.


@Tomas:

Thanks to you as well.


@Andrew M.A. Cater

> If you say buster, then when buster slides to become oldstable, your 
system won't change underneath you suddenly.

Yes, that's exactly how I want it to be.
No nasty surprises and no big downloads (at least for the time being).

My sole means of internet connection is a UMTS-stick with 5 GB data 
available per 28 days. So I have to be able to plan well in advance for 
occasions like that.
Thanks a lot for the info.


@Andrei POPESCU:

> It's much better to use the codename instead and subscribe to 
debian-announce (in addition to debian-security-announce, of course).
> When a new release is announced start preparing for the upgrade, you 
have one year to do so.

Wow, that info is really new to me; well I'm just a beginner as far as 
Debian is concerned. But really good to know. Thanks a lot. 😁

> You might want to switch to `apt` instead.

Indeed I've made it a habit to use "apt" instead of "apt-get" for quite 
a while now.

Thanks for the additional info as well.


So I think (and hope) I understand much better now how Debian updates 
are to be configured and work.
It's really good to have a place to go to and post questions when help 
is needed. You´re a great community! I appreciate it very much. 😉

Thanks again to all of you for your kind help.

A very nice weekend and do keep safe.

Many greetings from Rosika 😁